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STS-35 ASTRO-1 MS Parker and …
Title STS-35 ASTRO-1 MS Parker and Payload Specialist Durrance train at MSFC
Description STS-35 Mission Specialist (MS) Robert A.R. Parker (left) and Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance practice Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) experiment procedures in a space shuttle aft flight deck mockup in the Payload Crew Training Complex at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. For all Spacelab missions, shuttle crew members train regularly in the facility in preparation to operate experiments on their Spacelab missions. The ASTRO-1 crew will operate the ultraviolet telescopes and instrument pointing system (IPS) from Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, aft flight deck. The seven-member ASTRO-1 crew will work around the clock, in 12-hour shifts, to allow the maximum number of observations to be made during their nine or ten days in orbit. In addition to the commander and pilot, the crew consistss of three MSs and two payload specialists. (MSs are career astronauts who are trained in a specialized field. Payload specialists are members of the science in
Date Taken 1990-05-22
STS-44 Payload Specialist He …
Title STS-44 Payload Specialist Hennen works with camera lens during JSC training
Description STS-44 Payload Specialist Thomas J. Hennen handles a camera lens he may use on his assigned Space Shuttle mission later this year. The camera training session is one of several Hennen participated in at JSC.
Date Taken 1991-02-14
Official portrait of STS-50 …
Title Official portrait of STS-50 USML payload specialist Eugene H. Trinh
Description Official portrait of STS-50 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML)-01 payload specialist Dr. Eugene H. Trinh in blue flight suit with US flag and space shuttle model in the background.
Date Taken 1991-09-11
Official portrait of Franco …
Title Official portrait of Franco Malerba, STS-46 payload specialist
Description Official portrait of Franco Malerba, STS-46 payload specialist, wearing blue flight suit, with flag, space shuttle and tethered satellite system (TSS) models.
Date Taken 1991-09-03
Official portrait of STS-44 …
Title Official portrait of STS-44 Terra Scout payload specialist Thomas J. Hennen
Description Official portrait of STS-44 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Terra Scout payload specialist Thomas J. Hennen wearing blue flight suit, holding space shuttle model, and seated in front of flag backdrop.
Date Taken 1991-08-30
Official portrait of Umberto …
Title Official portrait of Umberto Guidoni, STS-46 backup payload specialist
Description Official portrait of Umberto Guidoni, STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, backup payload specialist, wearing blue flight suit, with flag, space shuttle and tethered satellite system (TSS) models.
Date Taken 1991-09-03
Official portrait of Albert …
Title Official portrait of Albert Sacco, Jr., STS-50 backup payload specialist
Description Official portrait of Albert Sacco, Jr, STS-50 United States Microgravity Laboratory 1 (USML-1) backup payload specialist, wearing navy blue flight suit with US flag and space shuttle model in the background.
Date Taken 1991-08-23
Official portrait of STS-45 …
Title Official portrait of STS-45 Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout of Belgium
Description Official portrait of STS-45 Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout of Belgium. Frimout, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), holds LES gloves and has his left arm on launch and entry helmet (LEH). Displayed in the background are the United States flag and a space shuttle model.
Date Taken 1991-11-22
Official portrait of STS-42 …
Title Official portrait of STS-42 IML-1 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold
Description Official portrait of STS-42 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold wearing a launch and entry suit (LES) with space shuttle orbiter model displayed in the background. Merbold is representing the European Space Agency (ESA) during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103.
Date Taken 1991-12-11
Official portrait of STS-55 …
Title Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter
Description German Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter poses for his Official portrait. Walter is assigned to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. United States and German flags and a space shuttle orbiter model in launch configuration create the backdrop.
Date Taken 1993-01-21
Payload Specialist Ulf Merbo …
Title Payload Specialist Ulf Merbold working in the Spacelab
Description Payload Specialist Ulf Merbold shown working in the Spacelab 1 module onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Date Taken 1983-11-28
Payload specialist Sultan Ab …
Title Payload specialist Sultan Abdelazize Al-Saud conducts Postural experiment
Description Payload specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud assists in conducting a French Postural Experement (FPE) on the middeck of the Space shuttle Discovery during the STS 51-G flight. Behind him on the middeck walls are two sleep restraints. At the bottom of the frame, foot restraints are visible.
Date Taken 1985-06-17
STS-42 Payload Specialist Bo …
Title STS-42 Payload Specialist Bondar in single person life raft at JSC's WETF
Description STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats in single person life raft during launch emergency egress exercises held in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Bondar holds the Space Shuttle Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) portable locating beacon (PLB). The STS-42 crewmembers rehearsed procedures for launch emergency egress and a water landing. Bondar is representing Canada during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard OV-103.
Date Taken 1991-10-24
Official portrait of STS-58 …
Title Official portrait of STS-58 SLS-2 payload specialist Dr. Martin J. Fettman
Description Official portrait of STS-58 SLS-2 payload specialist Dr. Martin J. Fettman, wearing a blue flight suit, sitting in front of a flag of the United States and a space shuttle model.
Date Taken 1993-10-20
Official portrait of STS-55 …
Title Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel
Description German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel poses for his Official portrait. Schlegel is assigned to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. United States and German flags and a space shuttle orbiter model in launch configuration create the backdrop.
Date Taken 1993-01-21
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu …
Title STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai holds SARSAT PLB during bailout briefing
Description STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai checks out the space shuttle search and rescue satellite aided tracking (SARSAT) portable locating beacon (PLB) during emergency egress bailout briefing held in a conference room in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The PLB would be used in the event of an emergency egress situation from the space shuttle. Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), will join six NASA astronauts for the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year.
Date Taken 1994-03-07
STS-65 Mission Specialist Ch …
Title STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao and Payload Specialist Mukai at JSC's WETF
Description STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES), and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, in LES, sit on chairs along the poolside prior to a launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two crewmembers await a simulated parachute drop into the pool. A portion of the STS-65 crew was in the WETF for bailout training. Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), will join Chiao and five other NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Mission Specialist Ch …
Title STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao and backup payload specialist Favier at WETF
Description STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), and backup payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, in LES, discuss procedures on the poolside prior to launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Chiao will join five other NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist later this year for two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission. Favier represents France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu …
Title STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai floats in WETF pool during bailout training
Description STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, fully suited in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), is assisted by a team of SCUBA-equipped divers during a launch emergency egress (bailout) training exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Mukai floats via underarm flotation device or "Mae West's" during the bailout exercise. A portion of the STS-65 crew participated in the exercise. Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan, will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu …
Title STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai in LES with Rockwell's Scott Gill at WETF
Description STS-65 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES) and clamshell helmet, is assisted by Rockwell's Charles S. Gill prior to a launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise at the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Mukai was joined by six NASA astronauts for the training session. Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), along with the STS-65 crew will spend approximately two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu …
Title STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai dons LES and parachute with technicians' help
Description STS-65 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai adjusts the neck dam of her launch and entry suit (LES) as Boeing's Sharon Daley and Grady Due help her with the parachute pack prior to a launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise at the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Mukai will join six NASA astronauts later this year for two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission. Mukai represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA).
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu …
Title STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai floats in WETF pool during bailout training
Description STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, fully suited in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats via underarm flotation device or "Mae West's" during a training exercise at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). A portion of the STS-65 crew participated in the launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan, will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 backup payload specia …
Title STS-65 backup payload specialist Favier at JSC's WETF for bailout exercise
Description STS-65 backup (alternate) payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES), stands on the poolside prior to launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Favier, representing France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), is an alternate for Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) representative who will join six NASA astronauts later this year for two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu …
Title STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai sits on the poolside during bailout training
Description STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, fully suited in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), sits on the poolside of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. In preparation for the launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise, Mukai will be suspended via her parachute harness (note straps extended in front of her) over the WETF pool and then dropped. A portion of the STS-65 crew was in the WETF for the bailout training. Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan, will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Japanese Payload Spec …
Title STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Mukai prepares for MAIL egress training
Description STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), prepares to participate in a training session in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. The entire STS-65 crew was on hand for egress training and countdown rehearsals. Representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) Mukai will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year.
Date Taken 1994-04-04
Payload specialist Scott Van …
Title Payload specialist Scott Vangen during emergency bailout training in WETF
Description Payload specialist Scott D. Vangen is assisted with his helmet fitting by NASA suit expert Alan M. Rochford at JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF). The STS-67 payload specialist was about to participate in emergency bailout training . Vangen, as alternate payload specialist, would fill in aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour if either of two prime payload specialists were unable to make the launch. Otherwise, Vangen would serve as spacecraft communicator from the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) during the scheduled 16 day STS-67/ASTRO-2 flight.
Date Taken 1994-10-01
View of Canadian Payload Spe …
Title View of Canadian Payload Specialist Marc Garneau during Zero-G training
Description View of Canadian Payload Specialist Marc Garneau during Zero-G training on the KC-135. He is preparing for the 41-G mission on the space shuttle Challenger. In this view he appears to be floating upside down over a drop cloth covering parachutes.
Date Taken 1984-07-16
Official portrait of Payload …
Title Official portrait of Payload specialist Paul D. Scully-Power
Description Official portrait of Payload specialist Paul D. Scully-Power,dressed in the blue flight suit, with flag (left) and Space Shuttle model (right). He is holding his shuttle helmet.
Date Taken 1984-07-26
Official portrait of Payload …
Title Official portrait of Payload Specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud
Description Official portrait of Payload Specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud. He is wearing the blue shuttle flight suit and holding his helmet under his arm. Behind him to the right is the Saudi Arabian flag. To his left is the American flag and a model of the Space Shuttle.
Date Taken 1985-05-31
Payload specialist Ronald Pa …
Title Payload specialist Ronald Parise checks on ASTRO-2 payload
Description Payload specialist Ronald A. Parise, a senior scientist in the Space Observatories Department of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), checks on the ASTRO-2 payload (out of frame in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Endeavour). Parise is on the aft flight deck of the Earth orbiting Endeavour during STS-67.
Date Taken 1995-03-03
Payload specialist Samuel Du …
Title Payload specialist Samuel Durrance talks to support personnel at MSFC
Description ASTRO-2 payload specialist Samuel T. Durance talks to payload support personnel at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) from the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-67.
Date Taken 1995-03-03
Payload specialist Ronald Pa …
Title Payload specialist Ronald Parise using SAREX
Description ASTRO-2 payload specialist Ronald A. Parise reminisces on his inspace amateur radio experience of five years ago in the ASTRO-1 mission. Using the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX), Parise talks to students on Earth from the flight deck of the Earth orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Date Taken 1995-03-03
Payload specialist Umberto G …
Title Payload specialist Umberto Guidioni, wearing the partial pressure launch and entry garment, prepares for the de-orbit phase of the 16-day flight.
Description STS-75 ONBOARD VIEW --- Payload specialist Umberto Guidioni, wearing the partial pressure launch and entry garment, prepares for the de-orbit phase of the 16-day flight. Guidioni represents the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The seven member crew was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 22, 1996, and landed on March 9, 1996. Crew members were Andrew M. Allen, mission commander, Scott J. Horowitz, pilot, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, payload commander, and Maurizio Cheli, European Space Agency (ESA), Jeffrey A. Hoffman and Claude Nicollier, (ESA), all mission specialists, along with Guidioni.
Date Taken 1996-02-22
Astronaut Susan J. Helms, pa …
Title Astronaut Susan J. Helms, payload commander, and payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency (CNES), insert a test container into the Bubble Drop Particle Unit (BDPU) in the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS-1) Science M
Description STS-78 ONBOARD VIEW --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, payload commander, and payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency (CNES), insert a test container into the Bubble Drop Particle Unit (BDPU) in the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS-1) Science Module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. The fluid in the chamber is heated and the fluid processes are observed by use of three internal cameras mounted inside the BDPU. Investigations in this facility will help characterize interfacial processes involving either bubbles, drops, liquid columns or liquid layers.
Date Taken 1996-06-20
Payload specialist Jean-Jacq …
Title Payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency (CNES), and astronaut Kevin R. Kregel, pilot, perform a successful Inflight Maintenance (IFM) on the Bubble Drop Particle Unit (BDPU).
Description STS-78 ONBOARD VIEW --- Payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency (CNES), and astronaut Kevin R. Kregel, pilot, perform a successful Inflight Maintenance (IFM) on the Bubble Drop Particle Unit (BDPU). The IFM technique was performed initially on the ground at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) by alternate payload specialist Pedro Duque of the European Space Agency (ESA), with the procedure being recorded on video and uplinked to the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia to aid in the repair.
Date Taken 1996-06-20
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